Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
a Veutable Blizzard.

f, ! had q severe DloWihS eho"
l ',rr, for the winter. Had deferred
'o ENC \ few days | could not have
W. "a hat. February brought us
'a,u ae Wild winds and some storms.
;g' the risk of being considered
or eyargeration by the Nebraska
aanarrespondent, who seems to think
I tat IF Dakotaians are either daft,
rD n,ercenary hyperbolists, | will at
Tempt to describe a real blizzard,
NJ thought we saw one the first
;ator We came. 1t was a wild
',nrm the worst we had seen IN the
ssrritory until this February, but not
rorse than we had seen in Wiscon-
and Illinois. But this February
as brought us more than our larg-
r.. desires in the way of storm.
f. first commenced by Wild
|-artb wind on the evening of the 9th.
H. day had been most lovely:
tsbout 5 p. m. the wind changed
,,m south to north and blew all
4 igbt In the morning it was snow
Er9 and blowing. 1t came in blind
NJ waves that made it difficult to
Esee. So it continued all day but
krjth the morning there was calm.
The second commenced on the
R-tb The day previous was quite
Sgarm and calm. 1t was very still
$brongb the night and scarce per
Eon,i6le breeze in the morning. But
be atmosphere was filled with frost
%b;cb made it difficult to see any
J asnce. Between nine and ten III
H. morning the wind commenced
4 blow gently from the north. 1t
emf increasing in strength until by
con it was a gale and snow com
Tenced falling. BY two o'clock it
as showing very fast and blowing
hard a man had hard work stand
ro AGAINST il. 1t came in heavy
ayes. then in eddies and again in
nd gusts. 1t seemed almost liv-
g hing filled with all skill of the
ro6at and pugilist The atmos-
qre was filled with snow that was
round to powder by the wind. Oh
cts could not be seen quite often q
oxen feet away from one. This
wlered snow found its way
rough every crack and crevice. |
hought the indications Of the morn
e were favorable for a storm SO |
ii not let out of the stables any Of
stock. Between two and three
the afternoon went to the stables
feed them and it was little better
ban q blind mans effort. | could
nee an object before me but by
kpmg my cap over my eyes and
Iolng on the ground at my feet |
Ia the stables. Ia the shelter Of
tlstabIes and stacks | could see a
ip better and managed to get in
f. for all the stock and watered
h6horses. BY this time it was
sbc time for school to be let out,
bnRhile ! was thinking about the
FMFen at school, and wondering
loVhey would get home or wheth-
r tIy would make the attempt,
they anne, so saved us any further
ankle. They had about a mile
lnd auarter to come, and face the
tormll the way. Most of the
Ebiart in our township got safely
0ut Those that could not get
m we're taken care of by neigh
orsso that none of the children
,EeRIed The storm kept on with
Enhate fury all the evening, all
Eht highland with little less sever
Ehal. the mkt day; with evening
IN wind ha} abated some and the
ow had ceased falling, so that
H. snow was in the air was simply
at vas beng drjfted with the
na. One thing very favorable
o1ghoaj Jha storm was it was not
q ihe thermometer ranging for
= Two days between 26 and 9 above
Aea the storm was over we look
Q. iae largest drifts OF snow we
eyer seen In the territory. Our
lng stock and hogs were showed
af two .ays but when we got
doors oIen jhey were all com
a5.e and warm though needing
ana water 1t was the widest
M we have ever seen in our life.
-l begun 20 think that the big
ID .es about bhzzards were like
other big yarns about the west,
Aoele}e now, because | have
ana q real blizzard must be
y 5e understood.
pig y gan Lave q furious gale in
M s.u an lmpetuous gust, a
=" tornado, such things don't
e 2 very big country to work
m to1 can't have a first class
j touhayn'tcountry enough.
= Is. territory for a blizzard. 1t
ae Of prairie to give the
I, 70 q few years, when
81 q. abundant and cornfelds
T quarter section, billiards.